Biology:Stereospermum chelonoides

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Short description: Species of tree

Stereospermum chelonoides
In Bangladesh
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Bignoniaceae
Genus: Stereospermum
Species:
S. chelonoides
Binomial name
Stereospermum chelonoides
Synonyms[2]
  • Bignonia chelonoides L.f.
  • Bignonia gratissima K.D.Koenig ex DC.
  • Bignonia suaveolens Roxb.
  • Heterophragma chelonoides (L.f.) Dalzell & A.Gibson
  • Heterophragma suaveolens (Roxb.) Dalzell & A.Gibson
  • Hieranthes fragrans Raf.
  • Spathodea suaveolens (Roxb.) Benth. & Hook.f.
  • Stereospermum suaveolens (Roxb.) DC.
  • Tecoma suaveolens (Roxb.) G.Don

Stereospermum chelonoides (Parul in Bengal region) is a deciduous tree native to South and Southeast Asia.[1][3]

Flower in Bangladesh

In Theravada Buddhism, this plant is said to have been the tree under which the twenty second Buddha "Vipassi - විපස්සි" achieved enlightenment (Bodhi tree).

Location

Bangladesh

There are a total of nine mature trees of this endangered species (Parul) in Bangladesh, five of which are located in the eastern part residential area of The Security Printing Corporation (Bangladesh) Ltd.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group; Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI); Lakhey, P.; Pathak, J. (2022). "Stereospermum chelonoides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022. 
  2. ↑ The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species, http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-318189, retrieved 16 November 2016 
  3. ↑ Troup, Robert Scott (1921), The silviculture of Indian trees, Clarendon Press, pp. 688–689, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/65657#page/479/mode/1up 
  4. ↑ প্রতিবেদক, নিজস্ব (30 May 2016). "তবে কি পারুলের দেখা মিলল" (in bn). Prothomalo. https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/তবে-কি-পারুলের-দেখা-মিলল. 
  5. ↑ "পারুলের মোহন মায়া". Desh Rupantor. 2 February 2022. https://www.deshrupantor.com/amp/city/2019/05/04/140064. 

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